Apps For Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Orientation & Mobility Specialists

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Andrea Bodnari - Teacher of the Visually Impaired

Apps on My iPad
  • Apps for Teaching Students with Visual Impairments and Blindness = TVI
  • Apps for Itinerant Teachers Managing Student Data Using and iPad = DATA
  • Apps for Students Using an iPad and RefreshaBraille 18 = BRL
  • Apps for Students with Low Vision = LV
  • Apps for Functional Vision Assessments = FVA
  • Apps for Teaching Visual Perceptual Skills = VPS
  • Apps for Life Skills = LS
  • Apps for Orientation & Mobility = OM
  • Apps for Games for the Blind = GB
  • Apps for Academic Inclusion = AI
  • Apps for Deaf Hard of Hearing = DHH
  • Apps for OccupationalTherapy = OT
  • Apps for Speech & Language = SP

Name of App

 Compatible with
VoiceOver
 Supports Braille
Displays
 Compatible with
Zoom Magnifier
 User
 Student and Instructional Uses
Could Outliner - Outlining Tool with EverNote Integration

Helps me organize and group ideas.
 Y
 Y
 Y
 TVI
AI
DATA
BRL
LV
    • Outlining
    • VO Teaching Tree Menus
    • Folders and Sub-Folder
    • VO Navigation
DropBox

Utilized ad the Primary Cloud Database for Managing Students Classroom Work.
 Y
 Y
 Y
 TVI
AI
DATA
BRL
LV
    • Data Storage
    • Folder/File Organization
    • Student Document Cloud Syncing
    • Teaching Tree Menus
    • Folders and Sub-Folder
    • VO Navigation
iA Writer

Primary App used by my Blind Students learning to writing documents and manage files.
 Y
 Y
 Y
 TVI
AI
DATA
BRL
LV
    • Document or Word Processing
    • Folder/File Organization
    • Folder/File Management
    • Student Document Cloud Syncing
    • Teaching Tree Menus
    • Folders and Sub-Folder
    • VO Navigation
    • File/Folder
Pages

I use this App the most to create documents.
PDF files exported are voiceover accessible.
Can be used for adapting materials, file exchange via iCloud through file sharing.
 Y
 Y
 Y
 TVI
AI
DATA
BRL
LV
    • Advanced
    • Document/Word Processing
    • Document Formatting
    • Folder/File Organization
    • Folder/File Management
    • Student Document Cloud Syncing
    • Teaching Tree Menus
    • Folders and Sub-Folder
    • VO Navigation
    • File/Folder
    • VO Navigating Tables
Numbers

I utilize this App for creating progress monitoring charts, checklists, and graphs
 Y
 Y
 Y
 TVI
AI
DATA
BRL
LV
    • Progress Monitoring
    • Using Checklist, Tables, and Graphs
    • Manage Excel Documents
    • VO Instructions on Navigating a Graph
    • Navigating a Table
    • Navigating a Chart
    • Navigating a Checklist
Documents To Go® Premium - Office Suite by DataViz, Inc.
I utilize the App most to manage word and excel files and sync documents to cloud servers.
 Y
 Y
 Y
 TVI
AI
DATA
BRL
LV
    • Progress Monitoring Using Checklist, Tables, and Graphs
    • Manage Excel Documents
    • VO Instructions on Navigating a Graph
    • Navigating a Table
    • Navigating a Chart
    • Navigating a Checklist
iAnnotate PDF by Branchfire, Inc.

My primary App for Annotating PDF files and sending flattened Copies.

Recommended for Low Vision students for PDF management to enlarge text, complete worksheets, and reading assignments
 Y
 Y
PDF Y/N
 Y
 TVI
AI
DATA
BRL
LV
    • PDF Management
    • PDF Annotation
    • Filling in Student Worksheets
    • Files PDF Files
    • VoiceOver PDF Navigation of Accessible Text
    • Signing a Document
    • Handwriting on the iPad
GoodReader for iPad by Good.iWare Ltd.
Primarily used to Cloud Sync across multiple Cloud Servers, Folder/File Management, Document Renaming, file type changes, and zipping/unzipping files.
 Y
PDF N
 Y
PDF N
 Y
 TVI
AI
DATA
BRL
LV
    • PDF Management
    • PDF Annotation
    • Filling in Student Worksheets
    • Files PDF Files
    • VoiceOver PDF Navigation of Accessible Text
    • Signing a Document
    • Handwriting on the iPad

Keynote by Apple

Used to create PowerPointe Presentations,
Teach student how to create, navigate PowerPointe Presentation using VO, magnification, or both.
 Y
 Y
 Y
 TVI
AI
DATA
BRL
LV
    • Create PowerPoint Presentations.
    • Teaching VI/Blind Students how to create PowerPoint Presentations
    • Voice Navigation of PowerPoint Presentations
    • VO navigating pop up menus
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Prizmo - Scanning, OCR, and Speech

  • My Favorite App!
Used to create Braille materials. Or take a picture of a worksheet, scan it, and send it as a text file to read on a braille display using Apps like iA Writer or Pages.

Scan pictures of text into large print, braille, or speak text.

Scan student documents into e-file.
 Y
 Y
 Y
 TVI
AI
BRL
LV
LS
  • creating accessible materials
  • adapting file formats
  • file/folder navigation
  • managing PDF files
  • VO navigatiion